Shloka 31
न चास्य सर्वशास्त्राणि प्रभवन्ति निबर्हणे । सोऊभिक्रुध्यति भृत्यानां सुहृदश्चा भ्यसूयति,उस समय सम्पूर्ण शास्त्र भी उसके इस संकटको टालनेमें समर्थ नहीं होते। वह सेवकोंपर कुपित होता और सगे-सम्बन्धियोंके दोष देखने लगता है
na cāsya sarvaśāstrāṇi prabhavanti nibārhaṇe | so 'bhikrudhyati bhṛtyānāṃ suhṛdaś cābhyasūyati ||
Nor do all the scriptures prove capable of averting his calamity. In that state he grows angry with his servants and begins to look with envy and suspicion upon his well-wishers, fault-finding even with his own kin.
युधिछिर उवाच
Educational Q&A
In severe distress, a person may lose discernment: even scriptural knowledge does not effectively restrain him, and he turns his anger on dependents while becoming suspicious and fault-finding toward true well-wishers. The ethical warning is to guard the mind in crisis—especially against krodha (anger) and asūyā (malicious fault-finding).
Yudhiṣṭhira is describing a moral-psychological pattern seen in troubled times: when a person is overwhelmed by danger or misfortune, he lashes out at those under him and begins to distrust or envy his friends and relatives, undermining the very support that could help him.